The Vital Importance of Fungi

Fungi are of vital importance to our ecosystems!

Fungi are important to our ecosystems, including the bush, revegetation sites, farms and gardens. They largely determine soil structure and are major recyclers of nutrients. Over90% of Australian plants have symbiotic partnerships with soil fungi.

Learn more about the vital importance of fungi from acclaimed fungi expert Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher fromFungimap. She will explain how fungi help to restore habitat (including enabling native orchids to grow) and how to ID & report fungi with Fungimap.

This event is being organised by Vale Park Our Patch (VPOP), a community environmental group well known forgrowing fungus-dependent native orchidson their revegetation sites along the River Torrens Linear Park. For further information see (VPOP) websitehttp://www.valeparkourpatch.com/

Dr McMullan-Fisher’s visit and associated events are funded through a grant from the State Government’s Natural Resources: Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges